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LiDAR map of Hincaster
Waystone shows the bare-earth LiDAR of Hincaster, a parish in Cumbria, at one metre per pixel. The heritage records hold 11 recorded places here: 5 listed buildings, 3 features mapped by Historic England from aerial photographs, 2 canal structures, 1 scheduled monument. On the LiDAR, most of the ground in the parish lies between about 41 m and 74 m above sea level; its highest point is about 114 m.
Hincaster on the LiDAR. Bare-earth LiDAR, drawn in your browser by the RVT toolbox (the Relief Visualization Toolbox, ZRC SAZU). It opens on Combined VAT; the panel holds all seventeen of its methods, each with its settings. LiDAR: Environment Agency, 1 m composite DTM, Open Government Licence. More about this map
The Ordnance Survey six-inch map of Hincaster, 1888–1913. The Ordnance Survey’s six-inch-to-the-mile map, second edition, surveyed between 1888 and 1913 and held by the National Library of Scotland, laid over today’s map with the paper colour removed, so the field boundaries, place names and antiquities the surveyors drew sit on the ground. More about this map
Roman roads near Hincaster. The Roman road network compiled by the Roman Roads Research Association (Digital Britannia), with each road’s grade of evidence, and the Roman forts, camps and towns along them. More about this map
Aerial archaeology at Hincaster. Historic England’s Aerial Archaeology Mapping: banks, ditches, enclosures and field systems traced by archaeologists from aerial photographs and LiDAR, coloured by period. The records hold 3 aerial survey features in the area. More about this map
See Hincaster with everything Waystone has
The full map lays the LiDAR under the Ordnance Survey's six-inch maps of 1843–1913, the Roman road network, Historic England's aerial survey (3 features in the parish) and the 11 recorded places in the parish, with search, the sun dial, the ground probe and the cross-section tool, for all of England and Wales. Free, with nothing to install.
- County
- Cumbria, England
- Area
- 2.8 km²
- Recorded places
- 11
- Height (LiDAR)
- Mostly 41–74 m above sea level; highest 114 m
- ONS code
- E04002613
Scheduled monuments and other designated sites
- Hincaster Tunnel horse pathScheduled monument
Listed buildings
- Hincaster Hall
- East Portal to Hincaster Tunnel and Accommodation
- Railway Arch Over Sunken Horse Path and Retaining
- West Portal to Hincaster Tunnel
- Sellet Hall Bridge Over Lancaster/kendal Canal
Other recorded places
- CURVILINEAR ENCLOSUREAerial survey feature
- LIMESTONE QUARRYAerial survey feature
- LIMESTONE QUARRYAerial survey feature
- Hincaster Tunnel West PortalCanal structure
- Hincaster Tunnel East PortalCanal structure
Nearest places with their own page
- Arnside Tower9.5 km south-west
- Warton Old Rectory12.5 km south
- Over Burrow Roman Fort13.6 km south-east
Neighbouring parishes
Reading the LiDAR
The terrain model has trees, crops and buildings removed, so banks, ditches, mounds, old field systems and hollow ways show as relief. Many are modern or natural: check the records and the old Ordnance Survey map in the app. How to read a LiDAR map. Scheduled monuments are protected by law; use public rights of way.
Sources
- LiDAR: Environment Agency, 1 m composite DTM, Open Government Licence.
- Heights: Waystone, from the same LiDAR sampled about every 12 m inside the boundary; 'most of the ground' is the middle 80% of those heights; metres above Ordnance Datum Newlyn.
- Parish boundary: Office for National Statistics, Parishes and Non Civil Parished Areas (December 2024), Open Government Licence. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2025.
- Recorded places: the national heritage records (Historic England, Cadw, Coflein and others) as held by Waystone.
- © Historic England 2026, Aerial Archaeology Mapping, Open Government Licence. Contains OS data © Crown copyright and database right 2026.
- © Canal & River Trust copyright and database rights.
Last updated 2026-10-16.